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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Barbara depressed at the beginning of Chapter 13?
2. What does Barbara find in Sheba's purse?
3. What does Sheba do when she returns home from picking up Polly at Brighton?
4. Why is Sheba hysterical in her voice message to Barbara at the beginning of Chapter 15?
5. What does Sheba do immediately after her fight with Barbara over the manuscript?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Barbara believe her relationship to Sheba is similar to a marriage?
2. What does Polly's guidance counselor say is the cause of her behavior, and how does Barbara feel about that diagnosis?
3. What advice does Barbara give to Sheba when Sheba is hysterical over being called into Pabblem's office at the beginning of Chapter 15? Why does she give this advice?
4. What lesson does Sheba relate to Barbara that she learned from her mother about parenting?
5. Describe Barbara's physical condition in the beginning of Chapter 14. Why is her health suffering in this way?
6. Why is Barbara angry when she leaves the fireworks?
7. Why does Barbara feel that she cannot yet truly count on Sheba as a friend in Chapter 10?
8. Describe Marjorie and Dave's attitudes towards Sheba.
9. Describe the confrontation between Sheba, Richard, and Mrs. Connelly in Chapter 15.
10. Why is Barbara depressed at the beginning of Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Barbara's view of Steven and Sheba's affair with the media's view (as portrayed by Barbara). How do they view the affair differently? On whom do they each lay the blame?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss repression as a recurring theme in "Notes on a Scandal." When are the characters repressed? What feelings are the characters repressing? How does this repression impact their actions and ultimately create the major conflict in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Write a compare/contrast essay analyzing Sheba and Barbara. How are they both similar? What are their major differences?
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